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Top Chinese sites launch anti-porn measures
August 9, 2004
Beijing - Popular Chinese web sites Sina.com, Sohu.com and Netease.com are
complying with orders to clean up web content to "create a green environment
for millions of underage surfers," the official Xinhua news agency says.
It said technical measures had been taken to clean up the sites and web-links,
as well as to block pornographic content in their chatrooms and bulletin
boards.
On the main page of Sina.com on Friday, small sections where pictures of
scantily-dressed embracing couples are normally posted had disappeared, but
were replaced with news about internetcrackdown on pornographic content.
However, a word search still yielded web-pages containing revealing pictures of
women, such as a Sina.com sports website which contained a series of pictures
taken from a British tabloid newspaper.
China has so far arrested at least 224 people in its war against pornography on
the Internet, while shutting down nearly 700 websites.
The campaign reflects Chinese authorities' growing concerns not just about the
negative influence of the interneton the country's youngsters, but also the
general ethical standards of the nation's youth.
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